[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.1279 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1279 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1279 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1279](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1279) After their release had been effected, Janaka asked Kāla : "You say that only sinners come here. What sin I committed that I should come here?" Kāla's reply to the question was as follows :—"Oh! King, no one else in the whole world has so much puṇya as you have got. But, a small sin you have committed. Once you prevented a cow from eating grass, and, therefore, you had to come up to the gates of hell. Now, that sin has been atoned for. So you may go to svarga." Janaka saluted Kāla and in the divine vimāna went to Heaven. (Padma Purāṇa, Chapters 30 and 31). - [Previous: c7.1278](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1278) - [Next: c7.1280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1280) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1279](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1279) · Pramāṇa